Giants’ Madison Bumgarner continues dominance at Citi Field

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner delivers a pitch against the New York Mets during the first inning of a game at Citi Field on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Madison Bumgarner has proved to be a handful no matter the venue. But at Citi Field, the Giants’ ace is nearly untouchable. The lefthander showed off that dominance Sunday in sending the Mets to a 6-1 defeat on a cold, dreary afternoon.

Bumgarner tossed six scoreless innings and improved to 4-0 with a 0.62 ERA in four career outings at Citi Field. “He’s kind of funky, really,” said Kevin Plawecki, who noted his trademark cross-body delivery.

He’s all right

For the first time this season, Juan Lagares started in rightfield, where he should see some playing time when Curtis Granderson is out of the lineup.

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Manager Terry Collins has hesitated to start Michael Conforto or Yoenis Cespedes in right, citing their lack of experience. Before Sunday, Lagares had started nine major-league games in right, though none since 2013.

Lagares went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. He also had a triple turned into a ground-rule double in the seventh inning, when umpires ruled that a fan interfered with a ball down the rightfield line.

Extra bases

Before Sunday, the Mets had homered in five straight games. They entered with at least one homer in 12 of their previous 14 games . . . Buster Posey’s homer ended a 16 1⁄3-inning scoreless streak for Logan Verrett.

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